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EEOC ISSUES NEW DATA ON JOB PATTERNS IN PRIVATE SECTOR

Written by Former Contributors | Mar 2, 2010 10:06:00 PM

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Psychology

In a press release dated February 5, 2010, the EEOC reported the following facts based on EEO-1 data extracts in 2008. Key facts include:

  • Of the approximately 62 million private sector employees nationwide covered by the 2008 survey, about 30 million (48%) were women and 21 million (34%) were minorities;

  • The rate of minority employment tripled between 1966 and 2008 from 11% to 34%;

  • Among the four minority groups continuously measured, the employment rate for Black or African Americans increased steadily from 8% in 1966 to 14% in 2008;

  • Hispanics or Latinos had the fastest growth rate in the private sector, increasing from 2.5% to over 13% between 1966 and 2008;

  • Women’s overall participation rate in the private sector jumped from 31% to 48% between 1966 and 2008.


The report in its entirety is available on the EEOC’s website (http://www.eeoc.gov/).